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I've played UDG, but when I say franchise I mean the games. I have no interest in the anime.

mario2000 posted...

Akane's issue is that she was originally planned to be the rival character but then they created Komaeda and Akane had nothing to do after that so she's just kinda there.

Her defining characteristics are set in stone in the first chapter and never change. She has big boobs, she likes eating a lot, she's an idiot who just wants to fight everything and her language around sex-related issues is unfiltered. Her role in the story consists mostly of doing stupid things and having no comprehension or growth about it. After the Nekomaru thing you find her in the restaurant crying about it and I was thinking that at least that was something, but no, that was just the despair disease. When Fuyuhiko dragged her aside in the Funhouse for a heartfelt one-on-one she had no comprehension of what he was saying. Her airheadedness isn't necessarily a deathblow in itself, but the fact that she makes it that far in the story without going through something that affects her and contributes next to nothing to the cases is a problem. It very much has the feeling of a "wasted slot". In the first game Aoi did a lot more to earn her ditzy inclusion in the survivors. Additionally, Sonia is also a bit of an airhead so that role is already covered in the surviving set of characters while she does more to earn her spot. It also means that doubling up on the airhead role in the finale means the remaining characters have to pull a lot more weight. Fortunately the finale of the game is more focused on Hajime and Junko so it kind of gets away with it.